Kitna can’t expect help from punchless running game

Kitna was 34 of 49 for 379 yards with one TD and four interceptions, three of which deflected off his targets.

“It’s hard to say great because you end up with four interceptions,” Phillips said when asked how Kitna performed in the 35-17 loss. “That’s not what you want. Extenuating circumstances, certainly. I still (believe) he gives us a chance to move the football and throw the football through the air. We need to help him with the running game.”

Kitna shouldn’t count on that happening.

Felix Jones and Marion Barber combined for 38 yards on 17 carries against the Jaguars, who entered the game with a run defense ranked 25th in the league.

So what’s wrong with the running game?

“Just everything, man,” guard Leonard Davis said. “We can’t even point a finger on it. You look at the film and it’s one block here and one block there. It’s not all the offensive line. That’s what everybody on the outside tends to think it is. It’s everybody. It’s a group effort. You can’t really put a finger on it.”